February 25, 201214 yr You can use Babel fish to sort of translate this! :blink:http://www.cientific...microondas.html I won't be trying it, looks far too dodgy even if it does work ... :P
February 25, 201214 yr i suspect this voids the warranty :D but i am going to keep an eye out out recycling for a old microwave to give this a shot with .. outside .. with a long extension cord
February 26, 201214 yr if you go to the post and click on TRANSLATE it does a resonable job Aswering dearest beloveds questions afterward is where I would have difficulty! Ian
February 26, 201214 yr Here's an English language page that goes into the same subject, although the method in the original link, above, seems to be more advanced and successful. This page hasn't been updated in years, so I assume he more or less abandoned the project. http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html
February 26, 201214 yr http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.cientificosaficionados.com/fundicion%2520microondas/fundicion%2520microondas.html&ei=HVJKT7HcOMjM0AHu3bSsDg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CD4Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.cientificosaficionados.com/fundicion%252520microondas/fundicion%252520microondas.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DrIh%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns this is a link to the google translate of the original page
February 28, 201214 yr Author The more interesting part is the crucible recipe. Phil Yes! Maybe an old grinding wheel broken up and some cat litter would do it!? :huh:
February 28, 201214 yr Ceramic suppliers sell SiC by the pound, although you may have trouble finding some of those grits. I would bet the stuff for ceramics is more pure than blast media, too. (I wouldn't bet a lot. I could be wrong about that.)
April 10, 201214 yr I was really surprised to find this thread here. I got into metal work through casting, and a couple of years ago I went down the microwave road. It quite interesting, and I was getting some pretty good results. Unfortunately, everything is on the back burner right now as I am in the process of moving. I do plan to pick it up again when things settle down, and this article looks to be very helpful for the next step, great find Arbalist! If anyone has questions about my experiments feel free. I did document things pretty well in some foundry threads listed below however, so you might want to read through them first. here are the threads at Alloyavenue; http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?3767-Microwave-casting&highlight=Microwave http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?3817-Microwave-casting&highlight=microwave http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?4044-Microwave-casting-is-a-reality!&highlight=Microwave
April 10, 201214 yr I played with this a few years ago. Didn't follow the D. Reid tech properly but it still worked. I just used two crucibles, with a kaowool "gasket", and melted some aluminum. On a similar note, I've recently been using a "microwave kiln" to melt/fuse glass. If you google that you'll find lots of info,fwiw.
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